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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
DISASTER AT e
One Hundred and Thirty Passen-
gers, Many of Them In the Act OF
PRAYER. Launched into Eternity.

The Dutch steamer w. A. Scholten, Capt.
Taat, which left Rotterdam on the 10th
inst, for New York, was sunk by a collision
with tho teaner Rosa Mary Of Hartlepool.
at IL olelock Saturday night ten miles off
Dover, Eng. The Scholten carried n compile
ment OF 3 passengers and crew. The
steamer Ebro, OF Sunderland, rescued nine.
ty of the crew and passengers and landed
them ut the Sailors home, Dover. One
hundred and forty OF the passengers are
missing. At the time OF the accident a
dense Jog prevailed. The Scholten
was struck IN the port bow
by the Rosa Mary. Immediately alter
the shock was ielt the Scholten's passen.
gers. all OF whom had retired for the night,
rushed on deck in their night gowns. The
boats we're promptly ordered to be lower
ed, but it was found that only two were
available. The three others were use
less and were not lowered. The
water rushed swiftly through the hole In
the bow, and n terrible scene ensued. The
panic-stricken passengers uttered piercing
shrieks aud many fell upon their knees and
prayed aloud. Little children chung TO their
mothers, who themselves were shrek
ing with terror. Within twenty
minutes OF the shock the Scholtsn
was engulfed. All those who had put on
life-belts floated and we're rescued by the
boats from the steamer Ebro. which cruis-
cd around until 4 O'Clock in the morning.
Many OF the rescued lost wives, husbands,
brothers and sisters. According to tho
latest statement there were 210
persons on board the Scholten,
leaving 1872 drowned and missing. The
first mate and fourth engineer rave been
recognized among the dead. The second
mate OF the Scholten reports that he was
on deck when he saw an unknown steamer
thing could be done the Scholten
a struck in the lore rigging and port bow.
The other vessel, which he now presumes
W a the Rosa Nary, backed off and disap.
peareu. Within twenty minutes the Schol.
ten sank The captain OF the Rosa Mary
states that his vessel was run into while
anchored southeast OF South 3and Head
by an unknown steamer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
THE @. a. R. PENSION GILL.
Returns Received at national Head
auarters Favorthe Passage of the
Proposed Dependent Pension Bill
1.-The Provisions Of the Biii.

Thr members OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic a been industriously at work
in securing an expression in favor ofanoth.
err dependent pension bill to take the place
81 that vetoed by President Gle veland. The
bill has been submitted to all the Grand
Army posts OF the country. nearly all OF
which have made returns to the national
headquarters at Minneapolis, showing a
remarkable unanimity OF sentiment in ia.
vor OF a new pension measure. The result
OF the vote as far as received was forward.
ed to Gen. George S. Merrill OF Lawrence,
Mass, chairman OF the pensions commit
tee. The main features OF the proposed
bill are rs follows:
1t provides that IN case OF dependent
parents Of deceased soldiers, who have left
no legal heirs, it shall only be- necessary to
show that such parents ave been without
other means OF support than their own
labor or the contributions of others to en-
title them to n pension; provided, hat all
pensions under the section shall commence
form the date OF actual dependence, if
claim was filed prior to July l, 1880, and in
case of applications thereafter made from
date OF filing in the pension Office, or from
date OF subsequent dependence. All
who served for three months or
over and were honorably discharged,
and who may be suffering from mental or
PHYSICAL u6ulllbN, not tue TeSuib Ol tuclT
own vicious habits, shall receive a pension
OF S12 per month, commencing from the
date Of the filing OF the application; pro-
vided, that ne person shall receive more
than one pension for the same period and
tn I rank in the service hall not be
considered. In case any invalid pension
er dies, thuse directly dependent upon him
may be placed upon the pension rolls
without regard to the cause of death, un.
less It results from vicious habits;
widows and deceased pensioners must show
that they were married prior to the pas
sage oft actin order to secure the benefits,
and the increase Of pensionfo % children shall
be at the rate OF S. per month instead OF
So, and shall continue dnring the lie OF a
minor child which may be insane, idiotic,
or otherwise helpless. Agents prosecuting
any claim under the act shall receive not
more thar $40 for his services, and any
agent who shall withhold any part of a
claim allowed shall pay a fine o exceeding
$500 or be imprisoned two years, or both.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
Tho Terrible effects Of Inc Droutn.

A Cara, ILL.,. Special says: Never In the
memory OF a has the Ohio river boon ut
SO low a stage. while navigation has long
since been entirely suspended between
Cairo and Paducah. Every stream is drie1
up. Forest fires are threatened south of
here for forty miles in Missouri; east into
Kentucky and Tennessee and north
nearly one hundred miles in Illinois the
dense forests are one solid sheet Of flame.
Farmers are fleeing from their homes.
What little grain they saved from the sum
mer's work, houses. barns and miles OF
fences are destroyed. Train does not come.
and in abundance, soon thousands of
these people viii necessarily become pau.
pers. A report came that a party OF hunt
ers from &c trail Illinois. twenty-five in
number. had been surrounded by FIRE in
"Nigscrwood swamp thirty miles from
here in Missouri, and probably were all
burned up, Numerous instances of loss of
HE are being reported as having occurred
by the forest fires in Missouri, Kentucky
and Illinois.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
A slcKENiNc
Amid the Roar and Cries of the Ter
rified Animals Barnum's Circus
Goes Up In Smoko--Wiid Animals
At Large.

A bridgeport. Conn.,, Sunday night the
goth, the main building oil Barnum and
Bailey's greatest show on earth was entire
ly destroyed by FIRE in 30 minutes.
One OF The men was in the horse building
when his lantern exploded. ~ignitiBg the
hay and straw. Before the first
alarm ceased sounding the whole build
ing was enyeloped in fire and no
one dared to approach the building, being
fearful OF the crazed animals. Three ele.
plants were burned up and thirty-six
broke from their fastenings and dashed
through the sides OF the burning building.
Their roars and trumpetings and sounds
OF torment were terrific. Six elephants
aud n large African hippopotamus
rushed ahout the streets presenting
n sickening appearances. Their sides were
burned and great pieces OF flesh a foot
square fell off. Thirty elephants and one
large lion made their escape and haves start
ed off across the country toward Fairfield
and Easton. In the horse room
were all the ring animals, trained stall
lions, ponies, etc. These were all burned.
In the upper rooms we're the tents. poles,
seats, harness, etc, for the entire show,
and these, too, were all destroyed. In the
cat room were the birds, monkeys, three
rtainoeeroses. hyenas, tigers, lions and all
the menagerie, which fell a prey t.
the flames. So rapid did the
flames leap across the main
building hat the firemen made no at
tempt to save ii, but turned their streams
upon the chariot buildings and car sheds
which they succeeded in saving, but the
heatwas so intense that this was accom-
plished with the greatest difficulty. The
total loss is estimated at 500, 900, upon
which there was but $10o, 600 insurance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
Record Of

The loss by the Des Moines fire win aggre-
gate $259,o00.
The White Star goes ashore near Point
Pelee, Lake Erie. and her crew are rescued
with difficulty.
At Findlay, Ohio. the mammoth window
factory Of Hirsch. Ely & Co.. was totally
ance. $50, 900. The fire throws lao men
out OF employment
The freight trains ON the Cairo, Vineennes
d Chicago road eoilided near Vienna, Ill.
Dan Collard and Frank Barton. the engi-
neer. Richard Walker, a brakeman, and a
fireman named Schafier we're instantly
killed.
The steamer Charles P. Choteau was
burned to the waters edge at Greenville.
Miss. A colored fireman and a colored
deck passenger were burned to death. The
Choteau's cargo consisted OF $500 bales
OF cotton, 2.5G0 PACKS OF oil cake and sun.
dries, all a total loss. She Was owned by
the Charles p. choteau transportation
Company OF St. louis and valued at
500, 900 and insured for $4,000; 1900
bales OF cotton we're lost.
At Larimore, OAK. fire started In Bon.
delid's bakery and burned north and
south. Total loss $4o,0 600, with $40, 600
insurance. The persons burned out are:
J. S. Well. $500; Z. r. Morey & Co., ST.
400. 81. 500 on stock; DIR. Conkey. $500;
DR.. Davenport. 5 1880; Bondelid. bakery;
G. w. Ring. 81. 600; First National bank,
5000; Mat Marment, barber shop, $500;
Warner Stoltxe, 50. 000; Butler 4 Olson,
5000; Keller Il Regain, $3. 900. Wells,
Davenport, Butler & Olson had no insur.
anee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
kuegets Of Eorelgn MOVIE.

No French Statesman will attempt to
form a cabinet, and the Presidents res
igRation Is inevitable.
Herr Wedell Piesdorfi has been reelected
president OF the reichstsg and DIR. Bull and
Herr Uuruhe Bomst vice presidents.
The police surprised an armed band Of
nihilists in Petersburg. Russia, and ar
rested them after a desperate resistance.
A Thanksgiving banquet Was given by
the American colony at the Hotel Arnim,
Berlin. Mr.. Pendleton, the United States
minister. presided.
A cable says that Lord L~ansdowpe will
be succeeded az governor general o fCanada
by Lord Handley OF Preston, now presi-
dent of the board OF trade.
Lord Mayor Sullivan OF Dublin has re-
ceived seven for publishing in
his paper. the Nation, the proceedings OF
suppressed branches Of the league.
Mr.. Parnell's health is steadily improv.
ing. He is at Hastings. Eng. and viii re.
main theirs all winter unless very severe
weather coinpels him to so to Egypt.
The London Lancet has authority Tor
the statemeut that DR.. Mckenzie has re-
csivsd 3 highly satisfactory report a. 20
xte fAps1 81 tbs eonditiss Of cfeva PHres
fsefs31s& Wx1is1Ss
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
The Famous Hrnman-Hsre Case

The Sioux Falls. (Dak.,) Press says:
Much has appeared regarding the discun-
~tinuance Of the Human Hare libel suit.
Most OF it has been published in an inter
est opposed to Bishop Hare, and is utter
~ misleading. The statement which has
appeared may be condensed and arranged
as follows: That Bishop Hare has given
Mr.. Human clear legal dismissory-that
he regrets now that he made
the statement for which he was sued
that he changed his mind as to the
merits Of the controversy, that he has
certified to Mr.. Humans general good
character; that he has intimated that he
was misinformed when he made The
charges; that Mr.. Human had been restor.
ed to the missions. On reading the state.
ment Bishop Hare remarked; Every one
of those statements is false. 1t is not pos.
sible to argue the case in the
but | have lived among the people in Da-
kota fifteen years and expect. God willing,
to be so happy as to live with them many
years longer. and / say to those who know
me-, on my honor. every one OF the above
statements are false. Not one OF them
was the case on which the suit was discon-
tinued.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
A Novel Scrap Book.

am reminded writes C. NJ. Skinner,
In the November Book Buyer, inspeak-
ing o extra Illustrations, that a scrap.
book may be made a thing of beauty
that will put to shame the rarest OF
editions de luxe, Only the practiced
inlayer Of plates should undertake it's
preparation to insure this result, but
in its diversity of theme and treat.
ment, it has a more general interest
than the biography or book of criti-
cism that is the usual subject for pic
torial enlargement. Travellers scrap
books are especially entertaining.
One young gentleman made a running
record OF his foreign tour III letters to
his 'folks" that he sprinkled with pen
sketches, and bound it in volume on
his return. A wealthy gentleman in
Brooklyn, who travels far and often,
makes a pictorial record of each trip
in the form OF a book or books filled
with photographs of places and things
that he has seen. His last Journey
among the effete despotisms is memoir
ialized in three portly volumes, bound
in crimson morocco and containing in
the order of their viewing all the
sights OF moment visited in his Jour
ney. Another tourist made a history
oil his European travels in letters to
newspapers, and these letters have
been clipped out, pasted in double col
umns on heavy paper, neatly border
ed With black lines, and interspersed
with 400 illustrations and addsnda
carefully inlaid, some of the smaller
pictures serving as tail pieces to the
letters. The illustrations embrace
photographs, photographers, litho-
graphs, wood cuts, etchings, steel en-
cravings, pen and pencil drawings, and
represent distinguished people who
were seen and celebrated pictures in
the museums, as well as places of
scientific and historic Interest. Such
curiosities as hotel bills and theatre
programmes are also included. The
volume is a quarto, nearly as bulky as
Webster's Dictionary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
PITR or THE NEWS.
News from washington.

Ex-congressman Phillips OF Missouri Is
said TO be booked Tor commissioner Of the
general land Office.
The following ~postmastets have been
commissioned Tor Minnesota: Cobdeen. ID.
n. Fogh; Gordonsville. n. Nelson; Lemond,
c. Thompson.
The Chinese minister In Washington en-.
tertained atdinner the entire cab met and
several diplomats, in honor OF the birth
day Of the Empress OF China.
The President has appointed George w.
Parks, OF Salt Lake City, to be receiver OF
public moneys al Salt Lake Cty. Utah.
vice II. c. Wallace. resigned: and Tom
Wall, of Oshkosh. Wis, to be a special
agent to make allotment OF lands to In
dians in severaity.
The United States attorney for Washing.
ton territory has ad vised the acting com
missioner Of the general land Office thatthe
supreme court Of that territory has grant
ed an Injunction asked Tor by the general
land Office to restrain the Northern Pacific
Railroad company from illegally cutting
timber on public lands. The United States
attorney states that the result OF Judge
Jones decision will he the recovery OF
about 500, 900 In trespass suits now
pending against the company.
The president attended church Thanks.
sivins. remained about the White House
during the day and ate his Thanksgiving
dinner at O o'clock. like other people.
There was quito n family aroun6 the
White Honse table. including the president
and Mrz. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom and
several OF Mrs. Clevela.id school friends.
who are visiting the White House. A
mammoth turkey, said to weigh thirty
pounds. vas received at the White House
from Rhode Island. and was served on the
state dinner table with all III the accesso-
ries which the new chef could command.
The following patents have been issued:
Minnesota: G. w. Bishop. Minneapolis,
window; A. Cook, st. Paul, bilge water
pump; p. D. Friburt and w. A. Borcr, Le
Sueur. sulky pillow; c. NJ. Gilbert. Minneapo-
lis, bran dnster; r. r. Howell. Minneapo-
lis, automatic grain meter and register; j.
p. johnson, Renville. horn tip Tor cattle;
p. Larkin, Waseca, track jack: w. +. Par
ish. Minneapolis, saw mill set work; 7. j.
Simpson, Worthington. mechanism for
propelling vessels; +. Stanton, Stillwater,
grain register; +. II. Webster. Minneapolis.
paper file; II. II. Young. Minneapolis, vapor
stove, also portable radiator. also appa-
ratus for heating cars and similar struc-
lures. also water heater for steam ganerat-
or. Wisconsin,: c. NJ. Hinckley, Milwau.
kee, saw s~waging machine: +. Keller. Mil
saukee, inside blind; Z. Hartincourt, Mil
waukee. pitman connection for mowers; H.
L. Sweet, Fond du Lac. sled; ). s. Wagg,
Neenah. paper pulp digester.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

Hill, president Of the Manitoba; A. II.
Wilder, p. II. Kelly. st. Paul f. w. Winter.
general manager of the st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway; Charles
Dudley Warner, the prominent literary
man OF Hartfort. Conn; Morris Auerbach.
st. Paul; j. A. Wheelock, editor of Pioneer
Press; D. c.. Shepard, contractor and di.
rector OF the Manitoba; A. L. Mohler,
freight agent; Mai. Ramsey, the Red river
farmer; J. NJ. Egan. general superintendent
OF tina Manitoba; Allen Marvel. general
manager OF the road, and Mr.. Elreeht, a
mining expert from New York. The parade
hogan, and headed by the Fort Shaw band
proceeded to the city. up through Main
street through the furious storm, each
step taken being greeted with the shouts
and cheers OF the viewing multitude which
lined either side OF the street.
Speeches OF welcome we're made by Gov.
Leslie and Maj Maginnis responded to by
President Hin. The railway officers and
visitors were afterwards banqueted by the
principal citizens Of Montana.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

It is only about two hundred-and.
ffty-six years ago since the first
Thanksgiving Day VAS observed in
this country. Old Massasoit aud his
ninety braves sat down todinner with
Inc long-faced Puritans. The Indians
brought deer from the woods and the
paIefaces supplied fish, clans and corn.
Ten years later when the last batch Of
bread in the colony was in Governor
Bradford's oven, and starvation was
staring our New England ancestors in
the face, a good ship from Ireland APP
pearsd with provisions, and the day
appointed for tasting IA changed in
to a day Of thanksgiving.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
Expenses in washing

A letter from Washington
instances of expensive hyins|
national capital:
hear many complaints &c
increased expense OF living III e
ton, aud the high rents are in
many a statesman whosssal
whole income. Houses IN the
able section now rent from
$13, 900 a year, and the SOU
are as q rule little ones OF 81
rooms. Almost any kind y
that a statesman wants u
will cost him from 500
month, and if he wants g hoo3
enough to be conspicuous "
from three to five times this
This is a great town for tns
furnished houses. and IuIn
rented brings in as a rule ~
per cent a month. A Nasnn1
per containing rent adverfissf
before me as | write, and =
umns OF houses for rent -
900 per month down. Wilsp
slider that a congressman
Silt a month, you can
house that costs him Szuy
month takes q large part O
ry. The cost OF living outs'as
rent is dearer here than 70 4
er large cities. Provisions s
and OF the best. but they
highest price, and good -
Tor thirty.hve cents ana
pound now, and certain
vi during tins season. sses
md ehicsge meats sfsl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

Charles Dickens. Jr., is reading
from his fathers works in the eastern
cities. He Is not greatly interested in
things this side the ocean, but ismuch
pleased with his audiences as he finds
them. They are decidedly less DEM
o~nstrative than in European cities,
but no less ~appreciative. He says it
is sll bosh ticking about American
audiences and English; that if placed
before them without any previous
knowledge he could not himself tell
which was which. This is especially
true OF all large cities. He does not
lind in the looks OF American men,
women and children, those marked
differences from Enplish people. which
writer's are wont TO assert. Lesaa
not classify ~ to nationality. Amin.
tellieent. refined man, or On intellect
ual. manly man, looks the same
WHISTLER on this or that side ofthe
Atlantic Ocean. Ipisricr people look
20 the world over. Hsrssards people
= aursnity. djasrins only 10 ssndi
k;o1ss
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

Mr.. Robert Bonner will publish in
the New York Ledger of December 10 g
card announcing his retirement from
the management OF that journal. hav.
ing. he says. transferred all my right,
title, and interest in the Ledger. the Led
ger Building, and everythingconnected
with the paper to my three IONS. who
will hereafter conduct the business
under the firm name OF Robert Bon
ner's Sons" He adds that he entered
the Hartford cournnt ms an appren-
tice to the printing bushes f~orty-eight
years ago. and thinks that now, in his
sixty-fourth year, he is entitled to a
reat
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

John Rnskin's revenue last year
from his books is said to have been
sec. Oo0 If this is so. one of the most
elevated and elevating of modern
authors, . man who writes without q
trace of mercenary or materialistic
faint. enjoys q larger revenu from his
literary work than almost any sensa-
tion-moneer, whether in novels or
periodicals OF any sort. who uses the
English language for money-making
and cheap distinction. .
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01
Tho Joint FISHERY Commission.

Sir Joseph Chamberlain. Sir Charles Tup-
per and Minister West. the British com
nIissioners, and Messrs. Bayard, Putnam
and Angel held their first conference on
Monday last. After t~ransacting some pre-
liminary business, perhaps the most i'm.
portant conclusion reached was q reso-
luton unanimously adopted to keep the
proceedings OF the negotiators secret until
the conclusion of their work. The state.
ment is authorized by Secretary Bayard
hat any article that may appear ~purport-
ing to tell what has been done at any
meeting OF the negotiators will be entirely
unauthorized and must be the purest
speculation. In reply to snd inquiry as
to whether the representatives Of the
United States had agreed upon a line Of
policy for their guidance in the n~egotia-
tions, Secretary Bayard says:
The public has been fully informed as to
the position of the government in the
matter. The subject is two years
old, as far as this administration is
concerned, and over a hundred years old
rs regards the people OF the United States.
The English contention has also been
known through the official publications,
SO there is nothing before the negotiators
Of which the public is not informed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

The New York Post says: 1t seems
reasonable to expect that 1890 will
find Brooklyn and Chicago with
about 100000 inhabitants apiece,
and with only q narrow margin be-
tween them. Brooklyn has a great
advantage in the overflow of popula-
ton from New York. which has in.
creased largely over previous figures
since the first elevated railroad was
built in the city, and viii be much
stimulated by the completion of Others
now in process of construction.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

There is much excitement in Arizo-
na Territory over an alleged rich gold
discovery 9 Prescott. the indica,
sions being that 1t is one OF the most
valuable gold mines in the world. But
such reports. generally maenifsd by
speculative interests, must always be
taken with . grain OF allowance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-01

A number of residents OF Vienna
have petitionsd the municipal council
to place q tax on bachelors to provide
for the education of pauper school
children. This tax would only be APP
piled to unmarried men in a position
to keep q family. The petition says:
'.If all those who are exempt from
military service on account of physic.
al inirmity are Obliged to pay a tax.
Why should those be spared who vol
unfairly shirk ether obligations to
the State?"